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Today’s spotlight is on the Chinese idiom 「鳳食鸞棲」. You’ll find its explanation and usage below.
The phoenix will not eat anything other than bamboo fruit, and will not roost on anything other than the Paulownia tree. A metaphor for a high position or the throne.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
fèng shí luán qī
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
fung6 sik6 lyun4 chai1
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